A place like the Right Livers' Rest was bound to draw freaks, same as molasses draws flies. 1935, George Goodchild, chapter 5, in Death on the Centre Court: By one o'clock the place was choc-a-bloc.
Respiratory infections as well as infections of certain glands can be a cause of excessive saliva, according to the National Library of Medicine. Children with a cold, influenza or nasal allergies may have excessive saliva and drool.
Problems can develop with the glands that produce saliva, including swelling, infection, cysts, tumours and salivary gland stones. Your salivary glands produce up to around 1.5 litres of saliva (spit) a day. It gets into the mouth through ducts or tubes called salivary ducts.